Job Application for Firmware Intern at Figure

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 02, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.

We are looking for an Firmware Engineer Intern to support the implementation and test of key aspects of our Humanoid software.
Responsibilities:

Deliver high quality C/C++ code in a real-time embedded environment.
Bring up, debug, and validate firmware on the Humanoid hardware platform, such as actuators, sensors, power distribution system.
Optimize performance of firmware to meet product requirements.
Develop test scripts in Python to support test automation or robot calibration.
Contribute to the integration of projects into the Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure.
Support hardware/software integration in the lab.

Requirements:

Graduate student or recent graduate in Computer Science or related field.
Minimum 10 weeks internship, 1 to 2 terms preferred.
Ability to showcase extra-academic activities working on hardware/software projects.
Fluent with C/C++ and Python.
Good knowledge of computer architecture and real-time operating systems
Familiar with communication buses and protocols like CAN, SPI, I2C, UART etc.
Comfortable using lab instruments (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers…) and debugging tools.

Bonus Qualifications:

Experience with low level Ethernet driver development.
Experience with control systems.
Experience with the Bazel build system.
Experience with Docker containers.

Firmware Intern

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